Gayathiri Iyer

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Gayathiri
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Gayathiri Iyer

Thirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India [1]
Other namesUrmila Gayathri [1]
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2012–present

Gayathiri Venkatagiri (also known as Gayathri Iyer) [1] [2] is an Indian actress and model from Tamilnadu, and was bought up in Kochi, Kerala, who has acted predominantly in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Bengali films.

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Films

Her first notable film in Kannada was Namo Bhootatma , a remake of the Tamil film Yaamirukka Bayamey , produced by Eldred Kumar of RS Infotainment and starred Komal and Harish Raj as the male leads. Namo Bhootatma ran for 100 days in Karnataka and was well received by the audience. [3]

Iyer's next release was Ouija in Kannada by Vega Entertainment which was filmed in Malaysia and parts of Bangalore and Hyderabad. [4] [5] It starred Shraddha Das, Madhuri Itagi, Sayaji Shinde and Bharath. [6] She made her television debut in Ekta Kapoor's serial Haiwaan : The Monster and was praised for portraying her natural evil look on camera.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageRef.
2011Shravana Kannada [7]
2012 Six Tripura Telugu
2013Shrishti Bengali [8]
2014 Ninaivil Nindraval Tamil
Namo Boothatma Kannada [9]
2015 Ouija Kshetra [10] [11] [12]
Tyson [13]
2016 Jaggu Dada [14]
Meow Sughana Tamil [15]
2017Ryde English [16]
2018 Raid Mukta Yadav Hindi [17] [18]
2019 Ghost Barkha Khanna Hindi
2023 Parundhaaguthu Oor Kuruvi YaminiTamil
2024 Bazooka †TBA Malayalam [19]

Television

YearSerialRoleNotes
2019 Haiwaan : The Monster Jiyana "Jiya" GarewalAntagonist
2022 Naagin 6 Reem Kataria

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